‘Conan’ Loses Ratner As Director, And Gains Who?

Posted by Rob Hunter (rob@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 12, 2009

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The world was devastated when it was announced that Brett Ratner would be directing the upcoming Conan reboot. Maybe that’s a slight exaggeration, but there was definitely no joy in Whoville. More recently things have been set right again and Ratner has been detached from the project. So who’s lining up to direct the film now? CHUD has just posted a story detailing who they believe to be on the short list and why, and we’re curious as to what you think of the possible names.

Pretend for a minute that Conan’s distributor, Lionsgate, actually gives a flying double-edged battle axe what you think. Take a look at the directors currently in contention and let your voice be heard below.

Christophe Gans (Brotherhood Of The Wolf, Silent Hill) – Of the four names, Gans is my choice for the job. He’s shown fantastic style with action and creature/character effects, and those are the two things that matter most in a Conan film.
Neil Marshall (The Descent, Doomsday) – I love The Descent, but Doomsday is a gigantic pile of tattooed and pierced dog shit. He’s finishing up Centurion now, and I’d rather see him return to the present for his next flick. Preferably something horror related…
James McTeigue (V For Vendetta, Ninja Assassin) – McTeigue is actually my second preference here. Like Gans, he’s shown great skill with brilliant-looking action scenes, and judging by that early footage from Ninja Assassin he’s not afraid to get bloody either.
Marcus Nispel (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday The 13th) – Nispel makes poor to mediocre movies. For this reason he’s the most likely candidate for the job.

Which of these four directors do you want to see tackling the big, angry, half-naked, muscle man? And why?

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Aleric

Out of the four, Mctigue is the only one that has the feel to even get close to a decent Conan script.

Chille

Hell, anyone is better than Brett Ratner. But I'd say McTeigue is the best of those four.

djjeffhall

Gans is a great choice. I recently watched Brotherhood for the 6,000th or so time and it never slows down and never gets dull. (Okay, maybe it was for the 6th time on DVD plus once in the theater?)

McTeigue is also an interesting choice. I really enjoyed V For Vendetta, much more than I expected to. The first two thirds of the film are interesting and intriging and spend just enough time getting to know the characters. (I think the last third of the film is much weaker and to me, has much more of a feel of the Wachowski Brothers trying to redo the Matrix.)

KILLER T

That is a great picture of the Rat. What a douche.

ralf44

gans is a great choice

‘Conan’ Loses Ratner As Director, And Gains Who?

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